At one point, this work's protagonist is directed to look at a galaxy in the sky "which men call the Milky Way, because it is white", and is told that "some, in faith, call it Watling Street". It abruptly ends after its protagonist sees "a man of great authority", theorized by scholars to be Vergil or Boethius. Its first bo
At one point, this work's protagonist is directed to look at a galaxy in the sky "which men call the Milky Way, because it is white", and is told that "some, in faith, call it Watling Street". It abruptly ends after its protagonist sees "a man of great authority", theorized by scholars to be Vergil or Boethius. Its first book, which opens on the night of December tenth, sees its speaker encounter a set of brass plates containing the Aeneid inside a (*) glass temple dedicated to Venus. In its second book the narrator is caught in the claws of an eagle "as easily as a lark" and taken to the title location. Upon arriving, its protagonist sees the trumpeter Aeolus call out a number of historical and mythological personages, who are judged by the "Goddess of renown", the namesake of the title location.  For 10 points, name this unfinished poem by Geoffrey Chaucer.
At one point, this work's protagonist is directed to look at a galaxy in the sky "which men call the Milky Way, because it is white", and is told that "some, in faith, call it Watling Street".
The {House} of {Fame}